PIC18F66K80 - Confused by UART config

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PIC18F66K80 - Confused by UART config

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I'm updating an old project written on FC5 and I needed to add a 2nd serial port to receive data from an RF device on UART2.
I'm already using UART1 with no issues.
Although I can transmit data out of TX2, I cannot receive anything on RX2 - the receive line seems to be held permanently high.
So, I had a look at the relevant 18F66K80.fcd file and found this config pertaining to the UARTs:

Define22=#define MX_UART_1
Define23=#define MX_UART_1_TX_PORT portc
Define24=#define MX_UART_1_TX_TRIS trisc
Define25=#define MX_UART_1_TX_PIN 6
Define26=#define MX_UART_1_RX_PORT portc
Define27=#define MX_UART_1_RX_TRIS trisc
Define28=#define MX_UART_1_RX_PIN 7
Define29=#define MX_UART_2
Define30=#define MX_UART_2_TX_PORT portd
Define31=#define MX_UART_2_TX_TRIS trisd
Define32=#define MX_UART_2_TX_PIN 6
Define33=#define MX_UART_2_RX_PORT portd
Define34=#define MX_UART_2_RX_TRIS trisd
Define35=#define MX_UART_2_RX_PIN 7

Which has me really puzzled as the UART1 is Rx on port G0 and Tx on G3. UART2 uses E6 & E7.

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Re: PIC18F66K80 - Confused by UART config

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Hello,

Have you tried editing the definitions in the FCD file to make them correct. Hopefully that is all you need to do.

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Re: PIC18F66K80 - Confused by UART config

Post by lexicon »

Hi Ben,

No, not yet, although that is the obvious thing to do - I will try it and see.
The thing that got me was that 3 out of 4 pins seem to work, regardless of the config file seemingly being wrong for all of them....

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Re: PIC18F66K80 - Confused by UART config

Post by lexicon »

I changed the config file to this:

Define22=#define MX_UART_1
Define23=#define MX_UART_1_TX_PORT portg
Define24=#define MX_UART_1_TX_TRIS trisg
Define25=#define MX_UART_1_TX_PIN 3
Define26=#define MX_UART_1_RX_PORT portg
Define27=#define MX_UART_1_RX_TRIS trisg
Define28=#define MX_UART_1_RX_PIN 0
Define29=#define MX_UART_2
Define30=#define MX_UART_2_TX_PORT porte
Define31=#define MX_UART_2_TX_TRIS trise
Define32=#define MX_UART_2_TX_PIN 7
Define33=#define MX_UART_2_RX_PORT porte
Define34=#define MX_UART_2_RX_TRIS trise
Define35=#define MX_UART_2_RX_PIN 6

Made not a scrap of difference!
Anyway, some considerable time later I found that my actual issue was a PCB manufacturing fault whereby the RX2 line was shorted to +5v.....

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